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According to convential nineteenth-century wisdom, societies of European origin were naturally progressive; native societies were static. One consequence of this attitutde was the almost universal separation of history and anthropology. Today, despite a growing interest in changes in Amerindian societies, this dichotomy continues to distort the investigation of Canadian history and to assign native peoples only a marginal place in it. Natives and Newcomers discredits that myth. In a spirited and critical re-examination of relations between the French and the Iroquoian-speaking inhabitants of the St Lawrence lowlands, from the incursions of Jacques Cartier through the explorations of Samuel de Champlain and the Jesuit missions into the early years of the royal regime, Natives and Newcomers argues that native people have played a significant role in shaping the development of Canada. Trigger also shows that the largely ignored French traders and their employees established relations with native people that were indispensable for founding a viable European colony on the St Lawrence. The brisk narrative of this period is complemented by a detailed survey of the stereotypes about native people that have influenced the development of Canadian history and anthropology and by candid discussions of how historical, ethnographical, and archaeological approaches can and cannot be combined to produce a more rounded and accurate understanding of the past

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1 The Indian Image in Canadian History -- History and Anthropology -- The Heroic Age -- Views of Indians in the Early Nineteenth Century -- Parkman and American Anthropology -- The Charlevoix Tradition -- Nationalist Histories -- Victorian Anthropology in Canada -- Recent Trends -- Conclusion -- 2 Before History -- Studies of Prehistory -- Early North American Archaeology -- Ethnographic Archaeology -- Chronological Archaeology -- Spatial Archaeology -- Symbolic Archaeology -- Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers

Transition to Food ProductionConsolidation of Village Life -- Prehistoric Florescence -- The Pattern of Prehistory -- 3 The Approach of the Europeans, 1497-1600 -- Boasian Anthropology -- The Ethnographic Present -- Early European Contact -- Jacques Cartier -- European Activities, 1540-1600 -- The Disappearance of the St Lawrence Iroquoians -- Sixteenth-Century Ontario -- Crisis and Transition -- 4 Traders and Colonizers, 1600-1632 -- Ethnohistory -- Trade and Warfare, 1600-1615 -- The Nature of Indian Trade -- European Traders

French AdministratorsMissionaries -- Impact on Native Peoples -- The Historical Petuns and Neutrals -- Creative Symbiosis -- 5 Plagues and Preachers, 1632-1663 -- The Jesuits and the New Alliance -- The Killing Years -- Demographic Problems -- The Impact of Epidemics -- Conversions and Factionalism -- The Destruction of the Hurons -- Iroquois Supremacy -- The Saviour of New France -- Political Aftermath -- The Iroquois Missions -- Heroes and Victims -- 6 Who Founded New France? -- The Northern El Dorado -- Monopolists and Free Traders

Colonizers against TradersThe Jesuit Mission Colony -- Final Observations -- Notes on Sources -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W

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